Cypriot President

President of Cyprus

President of the Republic of Cyprus Πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı
Incumbent Dimitris Christofias since 28 February 2008
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Michail Mouskos
Formation	16 August 1960
Website	http://www.presidency.gov.cy

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The President of Cyprus is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, the President of Cyprus is Dimitris Christofias.

List of Presidents of the Republic of Cyprus (1960–Present)

Latest election

Summary of the 17 February 2008 Cypriot presidential election results

Candidates and nominating parties	1st round		2nd round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Dimitris Christofias	150,016	33.29	240,604	53.37
Ioannis Kasoulidis	150,996	33.51	210,195	46.63
Tassos Papadopoulos	143,249	31.79
Marios Matsakis	3,460	0.77
Kostas Kyriacou	1,092	0.24
Kostas Themistocleous	753	0.17
Andreas Efstratiou	713	0.16
Christodoulos Neophytou	243	0.05
Anastasis Michael	117	0.03
Valid votes	450,639	100.00	450,799	100.00
Blank votes	4,410	0.95	7,768	1.66
Invalid votes	7,798	1.68	10,576	2.25
Turnout (out of 516.441 registered votes)	462,847	89.62	469,143	90.84
Source: Cypriot Government (http://www.ekloges.gov.cy/index.aspx?ci=en-GB)

See also

External links

• Presidency of Cyprus

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